Geldy Kyarizov mounted his Akhal Teke in 1988 and rode 4,300 kilometres
(2,700 miles) from Ashgabat to Moscow. The journey took him through what is
today Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. He was forced to ride
370 miles through the scorching heat of the Kara Kum Desert. Divine Horses and
Political Injusticerecounts how Geldy was imprisoned by a Turkmen dictator.